Top 10 1. With hemp regulations stalled, NC House tries for an age limit Colin Campbell/WUNC News The state House is trying again to put an age limit on the sale of hemp-based products...
Top 10 2. Big changes for more than 200k NC student loan borrowers as SAVE plan set to dissolve Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The student loan repayment plan, Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE), introduced by former President Joe...
Top 10 3. Trio of NC Senate bills propose overhauling state’s coastal hardened structure rules Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom With 32 homes toppled since 2020, Buxton’s fast-eroding shoreline has become emblematic of challenges some North Carolina’s...
Top 10 4. Durham mother sues property owner over son’s death in laundry room Greg Childress/NC Newsline The mother of a Durham man who died of heart failure after he became trapped in the...
Top 10 5. New Atrium land swap in Charlotte for affordable housing was years in the making Chase Jordan & Desiree Mathurin/The Raleigh News & Observer Atrium Health, Charlotte’s largest hospital provider, has given 14 acres of...
Top 10 6. Canes’ success spilling over to Raleigh business sector Elaina Athans/WTVD Visit North Carolina says the Carolina Hurricanes’ run for the Stanley Cup could bring up to $15 million...
Top 10 7. Charlotte votes raise questions about business influence and ‘the Charlotte Way’ Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Two key votes by the Charlotte City Council in the past month have left some residents and...
Top 10 8. Apex homeowners face tax increase to expand public safety, utilities WRAL News Apex property owners will pay more in fiscal year 2026-27 for public safety staffing, fleet replacement, parks and...
Top 10 9. Law firm drops log cabin seller after Observer investigation, citing ‘millions’ owed Amber Gaudet/The Charlotte Observer A Charlotte law firm tasked with handling the “winding down” of a North Carolina business that...
Top 10 10. WorldAtlas names Asheville a top NC place to live, but locals describe a mixed market Shelly Garzon/WLOS Asheville recently landed on a WorldAtlas list of the best places to live in North Carolina. While the...
Top 10 1. Carolina Hurricanes’ home approved for $310M in upgrades Alan Wooten/The Center Square With a work schedule absent ticketed events already carved out, any hiccups on the way to...
Top 10 2. DeCarlos Brown deemed incompetent to stand trial in Iryna Zarutska murder case for now Hunter Sáenz & Hannah Goetz/WSOCTV DeCarlos Brown, the man accused of killing Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail in...
Top 10 3. Squabbles over early voting sites are déjà vu for several NC counties Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press When history repeats itself, it’s usually not so quickly. During the lead-up to the primary election,...
Top 10 4. Crypto ATM regulations move quickly through NC House with concessions to industry Laura Leslie/NC Newsline A proposal to regulate the growing cryptocurrency ATM industry in North Carolina was fast-tracked through the state...
Top 10 5. Could NC’s new tax credit for K-12 scholarships help public schools? Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News In the first successful veto override of this year’s legislative session, North Carolina lawmakers are opting the...
